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Author Whiteman, Stephen H., author.

Title Where dragon veins meet : the Kangxi emperor and his estate at Rehe / Stephen H. Whiteman.

Publication Info. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2020]
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Contents Inroduction: Historicizing the Early Qing Landscape -- Part I. Recovering the Kangxi Landscape -- Excerpt from "Record of Traveling at the Invitation of the Emperor" by Zhang Yushu -- Reconstructing Kangxi -- Part II. Allegories of Empire -- Mountain Veins -- "Record of the Mountain Estate to Escape the Heat" by the Kangxi Emperor -- Only Here in Rehe -- Part III. Space and Pictoriality -- Painting and the Surveyed Site -- Paper Gardens -- Part IV. The Metonymic Landscape --Touring the Rear Park -- Conclusion: The Landscape of the Emperor.
Summary "In 1702, the second emperor of the Qing dynasty ordered construction of a new summer palace in Rehe (now Chengde, Hebei) to support his annual tours north among the court's Inner Mongolian allies. The Mountain Estate to Escape the Heat (Bishu Shanzhuang) was strategically located at the node of mountain "veins" through which the Qing empire's geomantic energy was said to flow. At this site, from late spring through early autumn, the Kangxi emperor presided over rituals of intimacy and exchange that celebrated his rule: garden tours, banquets, entertainments, and gift giving. Stephen Whiteman draws on resources and methods from art and architectural history, garden and landscape history, early modern global history, and historical geography to reconstruct the Mountain Estate as it evolved under Kangxi, illustrating the importance of landscape as a medium for ideological expression during the early Qing and in the early modern world more broadly. Examination of paintings, prints, historical maps, newly created maps informed by GIS-based research, and personal accounts reveals the significance of geographic space and its representation in the negotiation of Qing imperial ideology. The first monograph in any language to focus solely on the art and architecture of the Kangxi court, Where Dragon Veins Meet illuminates the court's production and deployment of landscape as a reflection of contemporary concerns and offers new insight into the sources and forms of Qing power through material expressions"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-260) and index.
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Subject Bi shu shan zhuang (Chengde, China)
Bi shu shan zhuang (Chengde, China)
Chengde Shi (China)
Palaces -- China -- Chengde Shi.
Palaces.
China -- Chengde Shi.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 0295745800 9780295745800 (OCoLC)1104048022
ISBN 9780295745817 (electronic book)
0295745819 (electronic book)
0295745800
9780295745800